Shalini Sharma

Shalini Sharma is a graduate from Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai, with over three years of journalistic experience. She reports on politics, agriculture, foreign policy, human rights and other issues.

A month after violence erupted between Dalits and Thakurs in Shabbirpur village, tension still simmers below the surface. As the government transfers senior police officers and moves to contain the damage, will the Dalits be appeased ahead of the crucial municipal elections?Shalini Sharma Saharanpur

Bela Bhatia speaks to Hardnews about her experiences in Bastar and how the police in collusion with the vigilante groups is out to drive writers, journalists and lawyers from the Maoist heartlandShalini Sharma Delhi

The recent attack on four Nigerians in Greater Noida has once again exposed the racism that pervades our society, from top to bottom. But it has uncovered another problem that’s bigger in magnitude: our refusal to accept our intolerance Shalini Sharma Noida

The draconian counter-terror laws are often misused by law enforcement agencies to frame innocent people at will. Even if acquitted, it means little because of what they have lost out onShalini Sharma Delhi